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VASCULARIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make vascular

Example:

the yolk sac is gradually vascularized

Synonyms:

vascularise; vascularize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vascularize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

vascularise; vascularize (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

vascular (of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids)

vascularization (the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids

Example:

The egg yolk vascularized

Synonyms:

vascularise; vascularize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vascularize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

vascularise; vascularize (make vascular)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

vascular (of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids)

vascularization (the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries)

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